Governor's Select Council

The Governor's Select Council emerges in The Lost Metal as a last-resort constitutional mechanism, granting a small cadre of Basin leaders concentrated emergency powers for twenty-four hours. Its creation reflects the Basin's struggle to balance democratic governance with the need for swift, decisive action against existential threats such as the Set's conspiracy and the looming danger of Trell. Though introduced late in the series, the Council embodies the evolving political philosophy of Scadrial's post-Catacendre society, illustrating how the lessons of the Catacendre and the New Ascendancy continue to shape institutional safeguards.